Shirt.



No. 699,355. Pmmedfxagay 6, |902.

(Application led Feb. 2G, 1902.)

(No Modal.)

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UNITED-- STATES PATENT OFFICE.

DAVID L. BLOCK, OF NEW YORK, N. Y., ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO JACOB LEDERER, OF NEV YORK, N. Y.

SHIRT.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 699,365, dated May 6, 1902.

Application {iled February 20, 1902. Serial No. 94,862. (No model.)

To LZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, DAVID L. BLOCK, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of New York city, county and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Shirts, of which the following is a specication.

This invention relates to a shirt so constructed as to conceal the body of the suspenders, while the ends of the latter are free to be buttoned to the trousers. In this way the trousers may be i'nvisibly held up without the use of belts, which are frequently objectionable, and the proper set of the shirt is not interfered with.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure l is a front view of my improved shirt; Fig. 2, a rear view thereof; Fig. 3, a detail of one of the slits; Fig. 4, a cross-section on line 4 4, Fig. 3; Fig. 5, a front View of the shirt, suspenders, and trousers; and Fig. 6, a perspective view showing the shirt in use.

The letter a represents the body of a shirt of suitable shape and size. Below the waistline of the shirt are formed at both the back and front transverse slits b in alinement sub stantially with the buttons of the trousers. At the back two such slits are preferably formed, while at the front two small slits or one large slit is formed on the right as well as on the left side of the garment. The edges of the slits b are overlapped or bound by a continuous binding of tape c, which is stitched all around their edges and prevents them from being torn or ripped during wear or while being laundered. The upper bound edge of the slit is folded down upon the lower edge, Fig. 3, to form a ap that projects over the slit and conceals the nether garments.

The Suspenders are worn below the shirt to be concealed from view and to not disarrange the loose and graceful fit of the shirt by pressure. The straps or buttonhole-tabs d of the Suspenders are projected outward through the slits, so that they may be buttoned to the trousers. The slits being formed below the waist-line, the body of the shirt above the slits falls over the top of the trousers in a fold, thus forming a blouse effect, Fig. 6. This fold overlaps and conceals the slits, the projecting ends of the Suspenders, and the buttons, buckle, and band of the trousers.

It will be seen that my invention enables the trousers to be held up by Suspenders inlieu of belts, which are to many persons muchl more inconvenient. Still the Suspenders and all connections are entirely hidden from View, so that a neat and genteel effect is produced, and the objectionable exposure of Suspenders is avoided.

What I claim isl. A shirt provided with a transverse slit for the passage of a suspender-strap, and with a binding that overlaps the upper edge of the slit and extends downward over the slit, substantially as specified.

2. A shirt provided with transverse slits at the front and back for the passage of the suspender-straps, and with a continuous binding around the slits that is turned downward to form a iiap over the slits, substantially a speciied.

Signed by me at New York city, county and State of New York, this 19th day of February, 1902.

DAVID L. BLOCK.

Witnesses:

WILLIAM SCHULZ, F. v. BRIEsEN. 

